“ It has been a helluva 20 years , ” George R.R. Martin reflects in his latestNot a Blogpost , brand the twentieth anniversary of the publishing of a little something called A Game of Thrones . The writer celebrates his landmark Good Book with a special raw variant , with an presentation by John Hodgman and dozens of gorgeous illustrations .
Martin writes that there will be 73 black - and - white drawing and eight full - colouring material plate ; some have been seen previously , in card games , calendar , and the same , but over half are whole brand - young . And he brags a little , but who can fault him ?
The list of participating artists reads like an all star roster of phantasy illustrators , and includes such leading light asJohn Picacio , Paul Youll , Gary Gianni , Didier Graffet , Victor Moreno , Michael Komarck , Arantza Sestayo , Magali Villeneuve , Ted Nasmith , Levi Pinfold , Marc Simonetti , and many more . We ’ve had some arresting illustrated editions of A Game of Thrones before , to be sure , with the special editions from Meisha Merlin and Subterranean Press … but each of those was illustrated only by a exclusive artist . This will be the first version to feature such a galaxy of gift .
Here ’s a sampling ikon from Martin ’s post ( he does n’t name the creative person ):
Martin shares the memory that in 1995 , when he signed his contract to pen the series , he remember it would be a totality of three books , which he ’d write in three years . ( He also jokes about his inability to keep deadline , that cheeky bastard . ) A Game of Thrones : The Illustrated Edition will be out October 18 .
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